Detailed Introduction to Ansys Workbench

Learn to define materials in engineering data for ANSYS Workbench, set density and thermal conductivity, use the toolbox and table of properties, and link data to structural analyses.

Manually create materials in Ansys Workbench by adding to engineering data and renaming components. Define density and elastic properties, set tensile strengths, and import temperature-dependent density from Excel.

Learn to extract materials from the general material library in ANSYS Workbench, add stainless steel and concrete to a project, and export or import engineering data.

Learn to create and modify dormitory geometry in DesignModeler for static structural analysis, navigate the design world, and master the interface, toolbars, units, coordinate systems, and selection filters.

Learn to import external geometry files into Ansys Workbench, handle unit compatibility, and switch between solid and surface bodies, while mastering rotation, zoom, and view shortcuts.

Create sketches in design modeler using lines, rectangles, polygons, circles, arcs, and ellipses; place and orient planes, and use construction points and control points to build and constrain geometry.

Explore the modify toolbox in ansys workbench to create affiliate components, trim, corner, split, and freely move, rotate, and scale geometric entities.

Explore the two dimensional toolbox to define a plate using horizontal, vertical, and point-based dimensions, with construction lines and semi automatic dimensioning to achieve fully defined geometry.

Explore the constraint toolbox in Ansys Workbench to fully define geometry with equalities, fixes, and relations like perpendicular, parallel, coincident, and concentric constraints.

Explore the three body types in Design Modeler: line body, surface body, and solid body, including cross-section input for line bodies and thickness for surface bodies.

Learn to use the extrude command in Ansys Workbench to create 3d solids from 2d sketches on planes, control direction and depth, and manage materials and multiple bodies.

Learn the revolve workflow in ANSYS Workbench using the regional command to create doughnut and elbow connector features from sketches, defining diameter and distance in millimeters and rotating about axes.

Create and manipulate profiles for sweeping in Ansys Workbench, aligning profiles to paths with perpendicular planes, and adjust options like tangent and global axis to model hollow pipes and springs.

Explore how to create skin and loft between two or more sections in Ansys Workbench, using parallel planes, different profiles, and equal edge counts.

Use the thin surface command in Ansys Workbench to add thickness and create hollow sections. Learn to remove or keep faces and convert surface bodies to solids.

Learn how to create blends and fillets in Ansys Workbench by selecting faces or edges, setting fixed or variable planes, and applying linear or smooth transitions to reduce stress concentration.

Slice to divide solid bodies into multiple segments using planes or surfaces, enabling proper flow, transitions, and identification of critical regions for analysis.

Explore multiple methods to create planes in Ansys Workbench, including Romblon, centroid, and point- and coordinate-based approaches, with options for local and global coordinate frames.

Learn to reposition a CAD part inside a complex Ansys Workbench assembly using body transformation, translating, rotating, mirroring, and scaling with planes, points, directions, and coordinates.

Explore boolean operations in ANSYS Workbench, including unite, subtract, and intersect for multiple bodies. Learn to preserve bodies and imprint faces to apply targeted pressure.

Learn to create linear, rectangular, and circular patterns in ANSYS Workbench by selecting geometry, defining direction, and adjusting copies, spacing, and angles.

Learn to create a line body in ANSYS Workbench by selecting points and applying rectangular or circular cross sections with orientation control.

Learn to create surface bodies in Ansys Workbench using concept, line, and body methods; define thickness for 2d/3d models and verify inputs in the mechanical window.

Explore how to split edges in Ansys Workbench using fractional definitions, sigma and delta distances, omega options, and split by location to create equal or custom segments.

Explore the Ansys Workbench mechanical window interface, learn to create meshes from the model or analysis system, and use the outline window and graphics toolbar for efficient navigation.

Learn to configure global mesh controls in Ansys Workbench, set metric units, adjust element order and quality, and apply sizing factors for accurate, efficient meshing.

Explore global mesh controls in ANSYS Workbench, including adaptive sizing with proximity refinement, transition and ban angle controls, defeaturing, and initial sizes for assembly or per-part meshing.

This lecture covers global mesh controls, including adaptive sizing, growth rate, maximum and minimum sizes, curvature and capture parameters, and curvature normal angle, to achieve uniform, high-quality meshing along corridors.

Learn to use proximity based sizing function in global mesh controls to define gaps between regions, control element layers across the gap, and choose volumes or areas for proximity reasoning.

Apply local mesh controls in Ansys workbench by configuring sizing on faces, edges, and bodies, adjusting element size, divisions, and sphere of influence under global controls and maximum size considerations.

Explore the theory and practice of linear static analysis, predicting displacement and stress, validating results against acceptance criteria, and assessing material linearity and elastic behavior in Ansys Workbench.

Learn how to perform a simple static structural analysis in Ansys Workbench by setting up engineering data, geometry, materials, unit systems, and boundary and loading conditions, then review the results.

Explore how boundary conditions and loads shape a system's degrees of freedom in ANSYS workbench, using frictionless, fixed, and displacement constraints in a block example.

Demonstrate enforcing a prescribed end displacement in a cantilever beam using Ansys Workbench, applying fixed boundary conditions, displacement in the y direction, and analyzing reaction forces and deformation.

Explore compression only support in Ansys Workbench as a non-linear, iterative model of load transfer from the top surface, with boundary conditions, meshing, and convergence controls.

Model a center-loaded simply supported beam with solid elements in ANSYS Workbench. Set roller and pin supports, analyze bending stress and deflection, and validate results against analytical solutions.

Model a simply supported beam in ansys workbench using 1d elements with a rectangular cross section. Apply loading and boundary conditions, and compare displacement and stress with the analytical solution.

Solve a cantilever beam under axial load using ANSYS Workbench, compare circular and rectangular cross-sections, and compare one-element versus 3D elements, validating stress and deflection against analytical results.

Explore cantilever beam bending with circular and square cross-sections under load, revealing how moment of inertia governs deflection and bending stress, verified analytically and in simulation with a linear model.

Learn how to apply hydrostatic pressure in ANSYS Workbench to a water-filled container, using density 1000 kg/m^3 and gravity 9.81 m/s^2, and evaluate resulting stresses and deformation.

Set up a static structural analysis in Ansys Workbench for a flower vase, using 70 GPa Young's modulus and 0.12 poisson ratio, with hydrostatic pressure from water density 1000.

Learn to convert 3D problems to 2D using plane stress or plane strain, with thickness or dimension criteria, in-plane loading, and zero out-of-plane stress contrasted with nonzero strain.

Explore modeling a plate under plane stress in ansys workbench with static structural analysis. Apply forces, set boundary conditions, assign steel material, and validate results via stress and deformation.

Explore Allen key analysis in ANSYS Workbench by comparing 3D and 1D models of a hexagonal cross-section handle under combined forces, verifying reactions and maximum principal stress.

Identify natural frequencies and resonance risks and normal modes in Ansys Workbench through modal analysis, validate assemblies and boundary conditions, and preview its role before advanced dynamics.

Derives the governing equation for modal analysis, explores free-free models with no external force or damping, and links eigenvalues to natural frequencies via density, Young's modulus, and Poisson's ratio.

Learn plate modal analysis in Ansys Workbench by computing natural frequencies and mode shapes, then compare results with and without boundary conditions to see frequency shifts and deformation patterns.

Perform a gear modal analysis in Ansys Workbench to find the first natural frequency under an axis-rotation boundary, using remote displacement and material changes from steel to aluminum.

Conduct a modal analysis of a frame structure to extract natural frequencies under two cases—constraining all mounting holes, then only the corner holes—using name selection and distance finder.

Explore mode participation factor in Ansys Workbench, linking natural frequencies, dominant directions, and effective mass to determine how many modes are needed to capture dynamic behavior.

Perform a pre-stress modal analysis of an aluminum airfoil wing in ANSYS Workbench, using static structural analysis to set boundary conditions and model analysis to extract the first mode.

Explore structural instability and buckling analysis, including eigenvalue buckling, critical load, and buckling load factor for long columns under axial compression.

Perform a buckling analysis using static structural and eigenvalue buckling to obtain the buckling load factor, then compute the critical load as applied load times that factor.

Perform eigenvalue buckling analysis on the connecting rod using workbench, applying a 1000 N axial load and multiplying by the buckling load factor to obtain the critical load.

Explore buckling analysis of a mobile tower to find the critical load via eigenvalue analysis, assigning line-body cross sections and ensuring proper connections for stable results.

Explore nonlinear analysis, including geometric, material, and contact nonlinearity, and how a load-dependent stiffness matrix updates with displacement, time, and increments for accurate convergence.

Explore geometric nonlinearity types—large displacement, large rotation, stress stiffening, and centrifugal effects—and learn to update the stiffness matrix as geometry evolves during analysis.

Enable geometric nonlinearity to capture large deflections and bending in a cantilever under a 10000 newton load, showing nonlinear results diverge from linear assumptions.

Explore a 2 mm thick structural steel spring plate under fixed boundary and 300 N load, comparing small-deflection linear and large-deflection nonlinear analyses, and observe displacement and stress indicating plasticity.

Learn how to control nonlinear analysis in Ansys Workbench by applying loads in increments during static analysis, updating stiffness matrices, and managing states and iterations.

Explains material nonlinearity, distinguishing elastic and plastic regions where stress is not proportional to strain, and introduces nonlinear elastic, hyperelastic, and multi-linear hardening models via strain energy density.

Apply multilinear isotropic hardening to a spring-plate model to reveal metal plasticity, comparing linear and nonlinear results and tracking elastic, plastic, and von Mises stresses.

Learn how contact transfers forces between components in ANSYS Workbench by defining contact and target surfaces, preventing penetration, and modeling normal and tangential forces.

Explore Ansys Workbench types of contact, including bonded, no separation, frictionless, rough, and frictional, and understand how penetration, separation, and sliding define each.

Set up a 2d static spur and rack gear analysis in Ansys Workbench, apply 2000 newton load, define 2d geometry and no-separation contact, and compute stresses and torque.

Explore thermal analysis concepts, learn methods to simulate conduction, convection, and radiation, and examine steady state and transient analyses with outputs like temperature distribution and heat flux.

Learn steady state thermal analysis, including linear versus nonlinear cases, temperature-dependent properties, convection and radiation effects, and the energy balance that determines temperatures, gradients, and heat flux.

Learn steady-state heat conduction in a rectangular steel bar, applying a 200 W/m^2 heat flux and a 100 °C boundary temperature, and validate with the analytical results.

Simulate heat convection in a bar with ANSYS workbench, applying a 200 W/m^2 heat flux and a 100 °C end boundary, then verify energy balance.

Analyze heat transfer by radiation in a heating coil model using Ansys Workbench, defining tungsten material, internal heat generation, and ambient radiation to assess energy balance and non-linear convergence.

Explore transient thermal analysis, which determines temperatures, thermal gradients, and heat fluxes under time-varying loads, highlighting the heat storage matrix and the linear versus nonlinear material behavior.

Explore transient thermal analysis in ANSYS Workbench, contrasting it with steady-state by tracking time-based temperature changes using material properties, initial temperature, and thermal loads to predict distribution.

Perform a transient thermal analysis of a steel intake manifold, applying 150 °C for two seconds and 30 °C otherwise across eight seconds, then proceed to a structural analysis.